butterfly

Posted by punnya on May 14, 2013, 8:59 p.m.

Butterflies Temporal range: Eocene-Recent, 45–0Ma Pre? ? O S D C P T J K Pg N
Charaxes brutus natalensis in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Rhopalocera
Subgroups
Superfamily Hedyloidea: Hedylidae Superfamily Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae Superfamily Papilionoidea: Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae Lycaenidae Riodinidae

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the